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Haaretz:
Report: Fierce fighting as IDF commandos launch raid deep in Lebanon — Israel Defense Forces commandos reportedly landed by helicopter late Tuesday night near the Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek in what Lebanese security sources described as a major operation against suspected Hezbollah positions.
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CNN:
Israel strikes deep into Lebanon — Peres estimates end of fighting in a matter of weeks — BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Israeli troops landed Tuesday near the eastern Lebanese town of Baalbeck, Lebanese security sources said, and the Israeli military engaged in fierce fighting with Hezbollah forces just across the border with Lebanon.
Yaakov Katz / Associated Press:
IDF commandos capture Hizbullah members after battle — After several hours of intense fighting in and around the in the eastern Lebanon town of Baalbek, which was built by Iran for the express purpose of treating Hizbullah operatives, IDF commando forces on Wednesday morning took a number of Hizbullah operatives captive.
Hussein Dakroub / Associated Press:
Israel seizes guerrillas in Lebanon raid — BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel poured up to 10,000 armored troops into south Lebanon Tuesday, and separately sent commandos deep into the eastern Bekaa Valley where they raided a Hezbollah-run hospital and captured guerrillas during pitched battles, a major escalation of the three-week-old war.
Associated Press:
Fighting rages in Lebanon border village — BOURJ AL-MULOUK, Lebanon - Heavy ground fighting raged Tuesday near a Lebanese border village, and Israel resumed frequent airstrikes after it decided, in a major expansion of its offensive, to send thousands more troops deeper into Lebanon.
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
IDF HITS THE BEKAA! — This could be the best news of the war. — The IDF is carrying out some kind of ground operation with heavy air support in the Bekaa Valley, more than 60 miles north and east of the Litani River (almost 75 miles from the Israeli-Lebanon border).
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Michelle Malkin
Democracy Now:
Robert Fisk Reports From Lebanon on the Israeli Bombing of Qana That Killed 57, Including 37 Children — Watch 128k stream Watch 256k stream Read Transcript — Help Printer-friendly version Email to a friend Purchase Video/CD — Lebanon is marking a national …
The Sandmonkey / Rantings of a Sandmonkey:
Some slightly uncomfortable questions — I had an interesting conversation yesterday with a co-worker, on the concept of the disporportinate Israeli attacks on Lebanon compared to Hezbollah attacks. He pointed to me his dismay at Hezbollah's rockets ineffeciency at hitting targets.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
News agencies stand by Lebanon photos — NEW YORK - Three news agencies on Tuesday rejected challenges to the veracity of photographs of bodies taken in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, strongly denying that the images were staged. — Photographers from The Associated Press …
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Yoav Stern / Haaretz:Qana bombing body count falls sharply
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Confederate Yankee, Roger L. Simon, The Strata-Sphere, The Jawa Report, The Reaction and The American Thinker
Joshua Mitnick / Washington Times:Public 'won't bend' to uproar over Qana
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Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Democrats Scrambling To Organize Voter Turnout — Top Democrats are increasingly concerned that they lack an effective plan to turn out voters this fall, creating tension among party leaders and prompting House Democrats to launch a fundraising effort aimed exclusively at mobilizing Democratic partisans.
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Billmon / Whiskey Bar:
A "Bad" Sign — In his latest e-mail newsletter, Charlie Cook, one of the vocal cords in the voice of consensus opinion, sings the death song of the GOP House majority: … The Senate, too, is not out of Chuck Schumer's reach, Cook says: … I've also noticed that on Intrade …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Republicans Sponsor Green Candidate in Santorum Campaign — It's worse than we knew. Is the Green Party candidacy in the race for Rick Santorum's seat a wholly Republican sponsored affair? — As reported today by the AP and the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Green Party managed …
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Carrie Budoff / Philadelphia Inquirer:
Santorum donors give to Green Party — They helped fund a drive to get Carl Romanelli on the ballot, which some say may hurt Bob Casey Jr. — When Sen. Rick Santorum (R., Pa.) encouraged everyone in state politics to help the Green Party earn a spot on the November ballot, at least one group answered the call: Santorum donors.
moxie:
carnival of mel — Mel has apologized in a decent way (finally) but here at the Moxtopia compound, we are conducting a scientific experiment to determine exactly how much booze it takes to make a normal person become a bigot. Sure, it's a Tuesday, but we're doing this because we care.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
U.S. Wins Access to Reporter Phone Records — A federal prosecutor may inspect the telephone records of two New York Times reporters in an effort to identify their confidential sources, a federal appeals court in New York ruled yesterday. — The 2-to-1 decision, from a court historically sympathetic …
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Josh White / Washington Post:
Marine Names Murtha in Defamation Suit — Congressman Discussed Killings Involving Serviceman's Squad in Haditha, Iraq — A Marine Corps staff sergeant who led the squad accused of killing two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq, will file a lawsuit today in federal court in Washington claiming …
John Dickerson / Slate:
Turki Dinner — A REVEALING EVENING WITH THE SAUDI AMBASSADOR. — Saudi Arabian Ambassador Turki al-Faisal's remarks Monday night were as carefully tailored as his gray suit. He called for peace in the Middle East and a face-saving solution for all parties involved in the violence.
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William M. Arkin / Early Warning:
An Insufficient Stomach for War — "This is a deliberate massacre against civilians," Lebanon's acting foreign minister, Tarek Mitri, told reporters yesterday after addressing the U.N. Security Council in New York. — "Genocide," cry Lebanese and Middle East leaders and commentators, referring to Israel's actions.
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